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03-25-2008, 10:32 AM

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Re: 2002 Mini Cooper S

So you bought the car before you found all that out? so you REALLY thought you were buying a 5 year old car for 15K less than it was worth becuae it needed tires?

03-25-2008, 12:16 PM

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Re: 2002 Mini Cooper S

Haaahahahaahahahaaaaahahaahhaaaaa.

This what I think of the R52 Minis.

The carnage after a mere 59K miles of superior engineering.

03-25-2008, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by snm95ls

Haaahahahaahahahaaaaahahaahhaaaaa.

This what I think of the R52 Minis.

can someone explain what this thing is that i am looking at? :1

03-25-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Indian

can someone explain what this thing is that i am looking at? :1

It is the supercharger. You are looking at the water pump drive gearbox.

BMW in their infinite wisdom decided to drive the water pump off the back of the supercharger in a sealed oil bath case.

03-25-2008, 02:33 PM

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Re: 2002 Mini Cooper S

well if thats not a tranny pic , it should be .

I got an 02 brnd spankin new for my girlfriend at the time.

It ate 3 trannies in 1 year and I made BMW canada buy it back..

neat car , but a complete POS

03-25-2008, 02:43 PM

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Re: 2002 Mini Cooper S

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Originally Posted by chiman72

ok, an update:

I bought the car but then found out it need over $6k in repairs. Almost none of the maintenece or needed parts can be bought other than oem.........Plus me living in germany all my repairs owuld have to be done at BMW since Bosch and everyone else woudlnt touch it......it came out to be a $15k projest to get it up to standard.

well it was a good steal.

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Originally Posted by chiman72

...for $4000, nothing wrong with it just needs tires. Worth it?

03-25-2008, 03:02 PM

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Re: 2002 Mini Cooper S

Then i guess he really did think a new set of tires dropped teh price 10-15K. Sucks that you got a raw deal but damn dude, you should do a little more homework before you buy it. can you get your dough back?